Son of William H. Dowell and Fannie Freeman
Married Anna Frazier Harper 1 Feb 1922, Jefferson Co., IN
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Madison Courier
18 Oct 1945
PAUL F. DOWELL IS HEART VICTIM
Appellate Court Jurist Dies Suddenly at Indianapolis Today
Judge Paul F. Dowell, 54, well known Madison jurist and community leader, died at noon today at Methodist hospital, Indianapolis, where he has been under treatment for several weeks. During the past few days his condition had been improving steadily, but a sudden unexpected attack this morning brought about his untimely passing.
His remains will be brought to Madison late today but funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Anna Harper Dowell, of Madison; and a half-brother, James Dowell, of Columbus. His mother-in-law, Mrs. George Harper, lives at 414 east Main street.
Judge of the Indiana appellate court, first district, since 1942, the local jurist was the son of the late W. H. Powell who was a city councilman and for many years superintendent of the Madison office, Pennsylvania railroad.
He was graduate from Madison high school and Hanover college with the class of 1913 and was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity.
After graduation he took a position as a newspaper reporter on the St. Paul, Minn., Pioneer Press. He returned to Madison after a few years on the Press, and was employed here for several years as a clerk in the Pennsylvania railway ticket office.
Turning to the study of law, he had practiced in Madison for only a short time when he was appointed city attorney. He served for one term in the early thirties as prosecuting attorney for the Jefferson-Switzerland circuit court, and was a partner of George R. Metford for a few years before he ran for judge of the Jefferson-Switzerland circuit for 1940, when he lost the republican nomination to Harry E. Nichols, the present judge.
He had been active in politics as a staunch republican and in civic affairs in Madison for many years before his election in 1942 to the Indiana appellate court.
Madison has remained his home, though he recently sold his residence here and his Ohio river pleasure boat, and his summer lodge on the river three miles east of Madison.
Married Anna Frazier Harper 1 Feb 1922, Jefferson Co., IN
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Madison Courier
18 Oct 1945
PAUL F. DOWELL IS HEART VICTIM
Appellate Court Jurist Dies Suddenly at Indianapolis Today
Judge Paul F. Dowell, 54, well known Madison jurist and community leader, died at noon today at Methodist hospital, Indianapolis, where he has been under treatment for several weeks. During the past few days his condition had been improving steadily, but a sudden unexpected attack this morning brought about his untimely passing.
His remains will be brought to Madison late today but funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Anna Harper Dowell, of Madison; and a half-brother, James Dowell, of Columbus. His mother-in-law, Mrs. George Harper, lives at 414 east Main street.
Judge of the Indiana appellate court, first district, since 1942, the local jurist was the son of the late W. H. Powell who was a city councilman and for many years superintendent of the Madison office, Pennsylvania railroad.
He was graduate from Madison high school and Hanover college with the class of 1913 and was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity.
After graduation he took a position as a newspaper reporter on the St. Paul, Minn., Pioneer Press. He returned to Madison after a few years on the Press, and was employed here for several years as a clerk in the Pennsylvania railway ticket office.
Turning to the study of law, he had practiced in Madison for only a short time when he was appointed city attorney. He served for one term in the early thirties as prosecuting attorney for the Jefferson-Switzerland circuit court, and was a partner of George R. Metford for a few years before he ran for judge of the Jefferson-Switzerland circuit for 1940, when he lost the republican nomination to Harry E. Nichols, the present judge.
He had been active in politics as a staunch republican and in civic affairs in Madison for many years before his election in 1942 to the Indiana appellate court.
Madison has remained his home, though he recently sold his residence here and his Ohio river pleasure boat, and his summer lodge on the river three miles east of Madison.
Son of William H. Dowell and Fannie Freeman
Married Anna Frazier Harper 1 Feb 1922, Jefferson Co., IN
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Madison Courier
18 Oct 1945
PAUL F. DOWELL IS HEART VICTIM
Appellate Court Jurist Dies Suddenly at Indianapolis Today
Judge Paul F. Dowell, 54, well known Madison jurist and community leader, died at noon today at Methodist hospital, Indianapolis, where he has been under treatment for several weeks. During the past few days his condition had been improving steadily, but a sudden unexpected attack this morning brought about his untimely passing.
His remains will be brought to Madison late today but funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Anna Harper Dowell, of Madison; and a half-brother, James Dowell, of Columbus. His mother-in-law, Mrs. George Harper, lives at 414 east Main street.
Judge of the Indiana appellate court, first district, since 1942, the local jurist was the son of the late W. H. Powell who was a city councilman and for many years superintendent of the Madison office, Pennsylvania railroad.
He was graduate from Madison high school and Hanover college with the class of 1913 and was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity.
After graduation he took a position as a newspaper reporter on the St. Paul, Minn., Pioneer Press. He returned to Madison after a few years on the Press, and was employed here for several years as a clerk in the Pennsylvania railway ticket office.
Turning to the study of law, he had practiced in Madison for only a short time when he was appointed city attorney. He served for one term in the early thirties as prosecuting attorney for the Jefferson-Switzerland circuit court, and was a partner of George R. Metford for a few years before he ran for judge of the Jefferson-Switzerland circuit for 1940, when he lost the republican nomination to Harry E. Nichols, the present judge.
He had been active in politics as a staunch republican and in civic affairs in Madison for many years before his election in 1942 to the Indiana appellate court.
Madison has remained his home, though he recently sold his residence here and his Ohio river pleasure boat, and his summer lodge on the river three miles east of Madison.
Married Anna Frazier Harper 1 Feb 1922, Jefferson Co., IN
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Madison Courier
18 Oct 1945
PAUL F. DOWELL IS HEART VICTIM
Appellate Court Jurist Dies Suddenly at Indianapolis Today
Judge Paul F. Dowell, 54, well known Madison jurist and community leader, died at noon today at Methodist hospital, Indianapolis, where he has been under treatment for several weeks. During the past few days his condition had been improving steadily, but a sudden unexpected attack this morning brought about his untimely passing.
His remains will be brought to Madison late today but funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Anna Harper Dowell, of Madison; and a half-brother, James Dowell, of Columbus. His mother-in-law, Mrs. George Harper, lives at 414 east Main street.
Judge of the Indiana appellate court, first district, since 1942, the local jurist was the son of the late W. H. Powell who was a city councilman and for many years superintendent of the Madison office, Pennsylvania railroad.
He was graduate from Madison high school and Hanover college with the class of 1913 and was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity.
After graduation he took a position as a newspaper reporter on the St. Paul, Minn., Pioneer Press. He returned to Madison after a few years on the Press, and was employed here for several years as a clerk in the Pennsylvania railway ticket office.
Turning to the study of law, he had practiced in Madison for only a short time when he was appointed city attorney. He served for one term in the early thirties as prosecuting attorney for the Jefferson-Switzerland circuit court, and was a partner of George R. Metford for a few years before he ran for judge of the Jefferson-Switzerland circuit for 1940, when he lost the republican nomination to Harry E. Nichols, the present judge.
He had been active in politics as a staunch republican and in civic affairs in Madison for many years before his election in 1942 to the Indiana appellate court.
Madison has remained his home, though he recently sold his residence here and his Ohio river pleasure boat, and his summer lodge on the river three miles east of Madison.
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